King Richard III killed by blows to head: Study

A new study has suggested King Richard III was probably killed by two blows to the head during a "sustained attack", BBC reported Wednesday.

The remains of the English king, killed at the Battle of Bosworth Aug 22, 1485, were found under a car park in Leicester in 2012.

According to forensic teams at the University of Leicester, he suffered at least 11 injuries, some possibly inflicted after death. CT scans were used on his 500-year-old skeleton to help determine his injuries and the medieval weapons used.

Published in The Lancet, the results of forensic analysis, show he had nine wounds to the skull and two to the postcranial skeleton.

Researchers said three of these "had the potential to cause death quickly".